The term Taj Mahal itself never occurs in any Mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb's time.
The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the Sanskrit term “Tejo Mahalaya” signifying a Shiva Temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e. the Lord God of Agra was consecrated in it.
There are persons who have been connected with the repairs to and the maintenance of the Taj who have seen the ancient Shiva Linga and other Hindu idols sealed in the thick walls in chambers in the secret, sealed red-stone
The four marble pillars at the plinth corners are of the Hindu style. They are used as lamp-towers during the night and watch towers during the day. Such towers serve to demarcate the holy precincts. Hindu wedding altars and the altars set up for God Satyanarayan worship have pillars raised at their four corners.
Evidence by Peter Mundy
Peter Mundy, an English traveler was in India from 1628 to 1633. His diary is now published under the title ‘Travels in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667. Without mentioning anything about the death of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan’s mourning in his diary he observes “There is already about her tomb a rail of gold. The building is begun and goes on with excessive labour and cost, prosecuted with extraordinary diligence, gold and silver esteemed common metal and marble but as ordinary stones..."
Although this is a very significant passage it is highly misleading while analyzing the above passage it should be noted that Mundy was in India only until 1633. If Mumtaz’s date of death is accepted as 17th Zil il quada 1040 A.H., i.e. 20th, June 1631, A.D. at Burhanpur construction of the Taj could have started only after Shah Jahan’s arrival at Agra which was after June 1632. That is to say that Peter Mundy was in India only for a year after Mumtaz’s death so short a period should be insufficient even to dig the foundation of the vast building complex.
Carbon 14 Test
A wooden piece from the riverside eastern doorway of the Taj subjected to the Carbon-14 test by an American laboratory, has revealed the door to be 300 years older than Sahajahan.
The Carbon-14 test is applicable to anything which has been part of a living organism such as a piece of bone or timber.
A living tree continues to breathe-in carbon dioxide while alive. But once it is dead the breathing-in stops and dead and the dead piece continues to lose its carbon dioxide (including C14) content at a known rate.
Trident
The Taj Mahal has a Trident pinnacle over the dome. A full scale figure of the Trident is inlaid in the red stone courtyarda to the right of the Taj Mahal as we stand facing the marble edifice. The central shaft of the trident depicts a kalash (scared pot) holding bent mango leaves and a coconut. All these are used by the Hindus for worshiping and regarded as very auspicious.
Tridents are also depicted against a red lotus background at the apex of the marble arched entrances on all sides of the Taj.
Our conditioned minds and blurred visions mistakenly believed for three centuries that the pinnacle (A trident see picture) depicts an Islamic crescent and star.
Above Mumtaz's cenotaph hangs a chain by which now hangs a lamp. Before capture by Shahjahan the chain used to hold a gold water pitcher from which water used to drip on the Shiva Linga.
Between the so-called mosque and the drum house is a multi-storeyed octagonal well with a flight of stairs reaching down to the water level. This is the traditional treasury well in Hindu temple-palaces. Treasure chests used to be kept in the lower apartments while treasury personnel had their offices in the upper chambers. The circular stairs made it difficult for the intruders to reach down to the treasure or to escape with it undetected or unpursued. In case the premises had to be surrendered to a besieging enemy the treasure could be pushed into the well to remain hidden from the conqueror and remain safe for salvaging if the place was reconquered. Such an elaborate multistoryed well is superfluous for a mere mausoleum.
Even the year of Mumtaz's death is unknown. It is variously speculated to be 1629, 1630, 1631, or 1632. Had she deserved a fabulous burial, as is claimed, the date of her death would not have been a matter of speculation. In a harem teeming with 5000 women it was difficult to keep track of dates of death. Apparently the date of Mumtaz's death was so insignificant an event as not to merit any special notice. Who would then build a Taj Mahal for her burial?
Descriptions of the garden plants around the Taj of Shahjahan's time mention Ketaki, Jai, Jui, champa, Maulashree, Harshringar and Bel. All these are plants whose flowers or leaves are used in the worship of the Vedic deities. Bel leaves are used exclusively in Shiv worship. A graveyard is planted only with shady trees because the idea of using fruit or flower from plants in a cemetery is abhorrent to human conscience. The presence of Bel and other flower plants in the Taj garden is proof of its having been a Shiva temple before seizure by Shahjahan.
Prophet Mohammad has ordained that the burial spot of a Muslim should be inconspicuous and must not be marked by even a single tombstone. In flagrant violation of this the Taj Mahal has one grave in the basement and another in the first floor chamber both ascribed to Mumtaz. Those two cenotaphs were infact erected to bury the two-tire Shiv Lingas that were consecrated in the Taj Mahal. It is customary for the hindus to install two Shiv Lingas one over the other in two storeyes as may be seen in the Mahakaleshwas temple in Ujjain and Somnath temple raised by Ahilyabai in Somnath Pattan. Even the basement cenotaph is a fake because it is two storeyes above the river bank ground level.
What better proof is need of the temple origin of the Taj Mahal? It's walls and sealed chambers still hide the Hindu idols that were consecrated in it before Shahjanhan's seizure of the Taj Mahal.
Had the Taj been built to specially to bury Mumtaz in, it should not have been cluttered with graves. But the Taj premises contain numerous other graves at least in its eastern and southern pavilions, to desecrate the entire temple complex.
Tavernier, the French traveler has noted that Shahjahan couldn't obtain timber for raising a scaffolding (to inscribe the Koran at various heights). Shahjahan had, therefore to raise a scaffolding of brick. As a result the “cost of the scaffolding was more than that of the entire work” says Tavernier. This is clear proof that Shahjahan did not build the Taj but only inscribed the Koran, and sealed hundreds of rooms, staircases and ventilators.
The entire Taj complex comprises 400 to 500rooms. Residential accommodation on such a stupendous scale is unthinkable in a mausoleum.
Book titled THE TAJMAHAL IS A TEMPLE PALACE (hardcover, deluxe edition comprising 360 pages, 86 photos and two Persian documents of Shahjahan's court price Rs. 250/-) gives all the evidence.
